Proconvulsive effect of tea (Camellia sinensis) in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-379

  Gomes, A ^a   Das, M ^a   Vedasiromoni, J R ^a   Ganguly, D K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Black tea; Camellia sinensis; Convulsion; Green tea

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PENTETRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; STRYCHNINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TEA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0032810442     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<376::aid-ptr465>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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